scope:

Equipment Covered by This Code

This Code of safety standards covers existing elevators, escalators, and their hoistways (except as modified by 1. 1.2):

Equipment Not Covered by This Code

Equipment not covered by this Code includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) personnel hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.4;

(b) material hoists \Ati+hin Tho. VY I Llllll loll..., scope of ANSI A10.5;

(c) man lifts within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A90.1;

(d) mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the scope of ANSI A92;

(e) powered platform and equipment for exterior and interior building maintenance within the scope of ANSI A 120.1;

(f) conveyors and related equipment within the scope of ASME/ ANSI 820.1;

(g) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of ASME/ ANSI 830;

(h) industrial trucks within the scope of ASME/ ANSI B56;

(i) portable equipment;

(j) tiering or piling machines used to move material to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story;

(k) equipment for feeding or positioning material at machine tools, printing presses, etc.

(m) skip or furnace hoists;

(n) wharf ramps;

(p) amusement devices;

(q) stage and orchestra lifts;

(r) lift bridges;

(s) railroad car lifts or dumpers;

(t) mechanized parking garage equipment;

(u) mine elevators not located in or adjacent to a building or structure;

(v) line jacks, false cars, shatters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator;

(w) power sidewalk elevators within the scope of ASME/ANSI A17.1;

(x) private residence elevators within the scope of ASME/ANSI A17.1; (y) hand elevators within the scope of ASME/ ANSIA17.1;

(z) hand and power dumbwaiters within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1;

(aa) moving walks within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1;

(bb) inclined elevators within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A17.1;

(cc) special purpose personnel elevators within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1;

(dd) material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1;

(ee) screw column elevators within the scope of ASME/ANSI A17.1;

(ff) elevators used for construction within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1;

(gg) inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A17.1;

(hh) private residence inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME/ ANSI A 17.1.